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Written Answers — Department of Arts, Heritage and the Gaeltacht: Programme for Government Implementation (16 Jul 2013)

Jimmy Deenihan: ...genealogy tourism In progress. 8. We will also explore philanthropic opportunities for the development of a national archives and genealogy quarter, providing easy access to archives and tapping into an area of cultural tourism which is of huge interest to the vast Irish Diaspora. In progress. 9. We will encourage greater cooperation between local authorities to provide assistance...

Written Answers — Department of Arts, Heritage and the Gaeltacht: Programme for Government Implementation (9 Oct 2012)

Jimmy Deenihan: ...this matter in consultation with the Central Statistics Office 8. We will also explore philanthropic opportunities for the development of a national archives and genealogy quarter, providing easy access to archives and tapping into an area of cultural tourism which is of huge interest to the vast Irish Diaspora. My Department continues to engage with, and participate in, the...

Philanthropy and the Arts: Statements (3 Oct 2012)

Jimmy Deenihan: ...across all funding priorities of my Department. Therefore, at a time when taxpayer funding to arts and culture is under pressure and decreasing, it is more important than ever that organisations seek to tap whatever reserves of private support may be in place for funding. Our new focus on philanthropy is also one which sees philanthropy as a mainstay of arts and culture funding for the...

Seanad: Arts Plan: Statements (21 Sep 2011)

Jimmy Deenihan: ...interaction. For example, I have been engaged with University College Cork and in other places where there are good examples of interaction. Universities are an invaluable resource waiting to be tapped. Collaboration can take place but it is not taking place to the extent that it could or should. I am delighted Senator Barrett raised the issue of more engagement between the arts...

Seanad: Arts Plan: Statements (21 Sep 2011)

Jimmy Deenihan: ...GDP and is growing at 10% per annum. Likewise, cultural tourism is expected to experience growth of 15% per annum. The culture-related sectors form one of the key growth areas that Ireland must tap into for economic and employment opportunities in the next decade if it is to recover from the current severe recession. Furthermore, on a global scale, the culture-related sectors are...

Written Answers — Tourism, Culture and Sport Sectors: Tourism, Culture and Sport Sectors (31 Mar 2011)

Jimmy Deenihan: ...spending. We will explore the possibility of a new agreement on visitor visas with the UK, offering tourists the opportunity to visit the UK and Ireland with one visa, at a reasonable cost, to tap into the tourism market for significant events such as the forthcoming London 2012 Olympics. Marketing campaigns will be developed in emerging long-haul markets such as China, Russia, India,...

Inland Fisheries Bill 2009: Second Stage (Resumed) (2 Feb 2010)

Jimmy Deenihan: ...attract fishing tourists. I hope following this amalgamation and re-focusing that a river such as the Feale would be examined separately and that a proper management plan would be put in place to tap its undoubted potential. We all thought, and may have contributed to the debate on the matter, that the banning of drift net fishing would allow salmon and sea trout back into our rivers....

Fishing Industry: Motion (Resumed) (2 Jul 2008)

Jimmy Deenihan: ...the work of Deputies Creed and Sheahan, who have given us an opportunity to discuss the fishing industry this evening. The potential of the industry to benefit this country has not been tapped — instead, it has been neglected. There was a time when this country was not prepared to make the most of its fish stocks. I refer to the era when most fishermen went to sea one day a week. We...